Denver police and fire department responded to the Denver Zoo Monday night after an intoxicated woman was shocked by an electric fence when she wandered into the elephant enclosure.

The incident happened around 9 p.m., during the annual holiday Zoo Lights event when security was alerted that a woman was inside the animal yard in the zoo's Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit, according to a statement from Denver Zoo.

The Denver Fire Department confirmed to The Denver Post the woman was shocked by a fence.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital, Denver police reported on Twitter.

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